Inside Bainbridge received an intriguing message. The family who owns the large property on the southeast corner of Highway 305 and Lovgreen Road contacted us to share “proof of life” that their horse training facility is indeed active and thriving. You’ve passed it a thousand times, right? It’s the large bucolic property with horse jumps. Proof…
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“Proof of Life” at the Hwy 305 and Lovgreen Rd Equestrian Facility
Posted on 07 May 2013.
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Winslow Treasure Hunt Saturday April 27
Posted on 23 April 2013.
Up for an adventure? Explore the hidden routes of Winslow this Saturday in a treasure hunt to find Flat Stanley. There will be 10 Flat Stanleys posted along a 2.5-mile walking route on the trails and quiet roads and sidewalks of Bainbridge Island’s downtown area. Participants must pick up their treasure maps between 9 and 11…
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Key Change in BI Parks Spring Registration Process for Summer Programs
Posted on 11 April 2013.
The Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District is altering its spring registration process for its summer programs. Summer catalogs will be mailed on Monday, April 15, and instead of the usual 10-day planning period between the catalog mailing and registration, people will be allowed to start signing up for programs right away, starting at 9…
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Spring Break on Bainbridge: Eight Great Ideas
Posted on 28 March 2013.
[Adapted and updated from the archives; originally published in different form March 27, 2012] Can’t afford Hawaii for spring break? Neither can I. It may be a bit muddy, but Bainbridge Island has a lot to offer, so go ahead and embrace the spring staycation. Here are some ideas for local fun to help jumpstart…
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VillageSpeak Forum on Preventing Local Gun Violence, March 25
Posted on 20 March 2013.
The upcoming VillageSpeak community discussion targets the highly topical and controversial subject of gun control and how to prevent gun violence here at home on Bainbridge Island. Scheduled for Monday, March 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the newly remodeled Bainbridge Island Waterfront Park (formerly known as The Commons), the meeting will include four panelists and…
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Bainbridge Firm Launches New Locator Auto-Reply App “Where You @?”
Posted on 05 February 2013.
Despite its grammatical offense, Where You @? is the latest smartypants idea from OTTER LLC, a Bainbridge-based technology company that developed the OTTER app, designed to minimize potentially lethal texting while driving (read more). Where You @? solves another problem of contemporary life: keeping track of one another in a big, busy world of nearly…
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New Giant Frog Slide + Aquatics Center = Happy Kids
Posted on 14 January 2013.
After two years of frograising, the Bainbridge Island Aquatics Center is hopping happy to announce that it is installing a new giant frog slide in the shallow end of the Nakata Pool. The slide, in addition to carrying happy children splashing into the water, features water sprayers on both sides of its mouth. The Nakata…
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Seattle Area Holiday Family Fun Ideas
Posted on 26 December 2012.
3 p.m. With the holiday season starting late this year, most of us have a chunk of time on our hands now before the kids head back to school. Looking for some family fun? Why not hop the pond for a change of scenery? Here are ideas to bust of out of the cooped-up blues….
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Vigil Tonight and Other Healing Events on Bainbridge for Connecticut Victims
Posted on 15 December 2012.
1:36 p.m. A “Candlelight Vigil to End Gun Violence” will be held tonight, December 15, at 5 p.m. at the Battle Point Park soccer fields. The organizer, Paul T., invites citizens to come, no matter the weather, as a show of support for the families of the victims and a statement against gun violence. Lori…
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Creating Homemade Wildlife Feeders and Other Outdoor Holiday Fun with Your Kids
Posted on 11 December 2012.
by Elsa Watson, West Sound Wildlife Development Coordinator, December 11, 2012, 1:47 p.m. Thank you to Bay Hay & Feed for sponsoring this feature. The phrase “nature deficit disorder” has been in the news for a while now. People who study child behavior, such as Richard Louv, who put forward the idea in his 2005…
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Yay Marriage Equality! But for Many Being Gay Is Still a Crucible
Posted on 06 December 2012.
2:10 p.m. Recently I was tuning into a radio interview that featured a woman discussing her experience being bipolar, a condition known as manic depression until fairly recently. I felt empathy for the woman as she described her plight coping with the atmosphere of shame and denial that surrounds mental illness and the difficulty of…
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Gay and Getting Married? Kitsap County Auditor’s Office Is Ready
Posted on 05 December 2012.
4:51 p.m. If you’re gay, you likely haven’t devoted a lifetime of study to the actual process required for getting married. But now with the passage of Referendum 74 and the start tomorrow statewide of the issuance of marriage licenses for gays and lesbians, there are some things you might want to know. The first…
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Bainbridge Midwife Shares Story of Delivering Baby Lucy Aboard Ferry
Posted on 30 November 2012.
11:36 a.m. Therese Charvet told me she thought she was going to have a quiet 35 minutes to herself on the 1:10 ferry from Bainbridge to Seattle yesterday afternoon. Girl, was she wrong. When an announcement on the intercom system asked for medical assistance, Charvet assumed someone was having a heart attack and stayed put. But…
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Baby Lucy Came Aboard Bainbridge-to-Seattle Ferry!
Posted on 30 November 2012.
7:16 a.m. Baby Lucy was on her own schedule as her parents traveled to Seattle on the 1:10 p.m. boat yesterday trying to get to Swedish Hospital. She was determined to come aboard. Luckily there was a midwife on the ferry to help with the delivery. The ferries are equipped with OBGYN kits, and WSF…
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Gay? Want to Get Hitched? Heronswood Is Hosting a Free Wedding Event December 9
Posted on 29 November 2012.
12:30 p.m. Now that Referendum 74 is passed, gay couples across the state wanting to get married can begin to apply for licenses starting December 6. Kingston’s famed Heronswood Gardens is inviting 20 same-sex couples to be among the first to say, “I do” in private ceremonies three days later, on December 9, from noon…
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BHS Grad Erika Saeger Brings AdoptTogether Program to Kitsap
Posted on 25 November 2012.
12:30 p.m. Erika Saeger graduated from Bainbridge High School in 2007, attended Loyola Marymount University, and then went to work in the film and television industry. But after a few short years of that kind of work she took a giant leap sideways, joining AdoptTogether as Director of Advancement. AdoptTogether is a nonprofit, crowd-funding platform…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted on 22 November 2012.
by Inside Bainbridge, November 22, 2012, 6:00 a.m. Ever since President Lincoln made it a national holiday in 1863, Thanksgiving has been the cause of overeating, family squabbles, and travel nightmares. But it’s also a good time to reconnect and focus on the deep stuff. Keep it real, people. This video will serve as your…
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Veterans Day Video: A Green Beret Son and Pacifist Mother Bridge Their Divide
Posted on 12 November 2012.
by Julie Hall and Sarah Lane November 12, 2012, 11:55 a.m. If there is one defining theme of returning from war is seems to be division: division from family, division from “normal” home life, division from one’s former self, division from one’s wartime experience and comrades, and political division. Soldiers struggle with these divisions, as…
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BI’s Top Ten Happily Horrific Halloween Happenings!
Posted on 13 October 2012.
5 p.m. Get ready for plenty of frightful fun right here on the Rock, starting with the Pumpkin Walk and Blackbeard’s Bilge haunted pirate ship on October 19 and culminating with the downtown Winslow Halloween trick-or-treat spectacle on October 31. Get your calendars in order, because when it comes to Halloween, Bainbridge knows how to…
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Well-Known Bainbridge Child Caregiver Loses Partner in Boating Accident: How You Can Help
Posted on 08 October 2012.
2:00 p.m. Kati Novak has suffered two devastating blows. She is a two-time cancer survivor facing stacks of medical bills after treatment. And on September 28, she lost her partner Kelly Dickerson in a boating accident. Dickerson, 32, was a fisherman on board the Maverick, which collided in a thick fog off the coast of…
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